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8 Things Long-Term Vegans Wish Somebody Had Told Them in the First Year

Nearly every ten-year plant-based eater has a short list of lessons they picked up the hard way. The list is remarkably consistent, and almost none of it is about protein.

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A Large Study of Vegetarians and Memory Found Something Unexpected. It Was Not What Advocates Hoped For.

The Adventist Health Study-2 is one of the longest-running cohorts of plant-based eaters in the world. Its first published look at vegetarian diet and cognitive function returned a result nobody was selling.

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Only Two US Cities Made HappyCow's Latest World Top 25 for Vegan Food. Here Is What NYC and Portland Are Doing That Nobody Else Is.

The United States has the largest absolute vegan population in the world. Only two American cities crack HappyCow's global top 25 ranking. The reason reveals something structural about how American cities are built.

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She Stopped Eating Meat at Six. At Sixty, She Still Holds an Antarctic Marathon Record.

She lost her right kneecap at 17. Doctors said she would never walk properly again. She turned 60 last month and still holds four Guinness marathon world records.

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HBO Just Made a DC Superhero Vegan. Nine Other Heroes Quietly Ate Plants First

The Green Lantern ordering tofu steaks in Episode 1 is DC's first live-action vegan superhero. He is joining a quieter list that goes back decades.

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The Viral Advice to Wait 90 Minutes for Coffee Is Half Right. The Real Rule Is Different.

For roughly two years, one piece of caffeine advice has been repeated everywhere: wait 90 minutes after waking before your first cup.

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New York City Just Pulled Processed Meat From 219 Million Public Meals. Here Is What Replaced It.

The largest municipal food system in America just quietly walked away from processed meat. From July 1, hot dogs, bacon, and deli meat vanished from public schools, hospitals, jails, and shelters across the five boroughs. Here is what the tray looks like now.

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In 1986, Gene Baur Rescued One Sheep From a Stockyard. Forty Years On, Hundreds Live Because of Her.

The story of Hilda the sheep and the two-decade movement she quietly launched. On Farm Sanctuary's 40th anniversary year, the numbers behind one of the most consequential animal rescue organisations in American history.

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At 72, Christie Brinkley Went Fully Vegan After 59 Years Vegetarian. Here Is What Changed.

The supermodel dropped animal products two years ago after a lifetime as a vegetarian. Her food, her reasons, and what the research says about doing this in your seventies.

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A Clause Buried in the Farm Bill Could Erase America's Biggest Farm Animal Vote

In 2018, Californians voted to ban gestation crates and battery cages by the widest margin in state history. A single clause in the current Farm Bill would erase that vote, and every one like it. The deadline is September 30.